Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like animals , they are great levellers — not remotely impressed by a string of titles — and he always found he could build up a good rapport with them . |
| 2 | The Americans led 54–41 at half-time and it always seemed they could step up a few gears when required . |
| 3 | We decided we 'd set up a farm there rearing llama and vicuna and corner the cloth market , assuming there was one . |
| 4 | For a moment I considered bolting , but I noticed that a young reptilian reception-clerk was watching me narrowly , as if he thought I might roll up a carpet and try to carry it out under my arm , and I became instantly obstreperous . |
| 5 | ‘ So I thought I would come round a little early , in case you needed advice . |
| 6 | I thought I could look around a bit more , and that Gus would always be there if I changed my mind . ’ |
| 7 | So we thought we might make up a party from the parish and go to Rome . ’ |
| 8 | Others , like myself , who knew George , or like Geoff Tulloch , who thought they ought to put in an appearance , travelled by the special minibus hired for the occasion . |
| 9 | Olga Stych was immediately biting about men who dressed up in aprons and fancy hats , and thought they could cook over a smelly barbecue . |
| 10 | Erm I du n no this is somebody else 's paper so This is before I had a I worked it out as I I th I thought it 'd work out a three- four-five triangle . |
| 11 | He half hoped she 'd bring back a burnt-offering , the way she had so often in their first few months of marriage , when she had deigned to cook for him . |
| 12 | I said to Bet I said they ought to write out a cheque on the end . |
| 13 | Speaking of his intention to attend the funeral , he said he hoped it would send out a signal for peace and democracy in the region . |
| 14 | I said his bed looked gorgeous and added , just in passing , that I hoped he 'd put up a wooden fence , as a metal one would n't do much for either garden . |
| 15 | so erm , yesterday he had dinner round Joyce 's , he said he 'll come round a bit early and |
| 16 | He said he 'd run over a dog . |
| 17 | ‘ He said he 'd pick up a spare part for me today , and he has n't , which is why we fell out earlier and why I 'm on my way now to pick it up myself . |